Weathering

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Weather \Weath"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Weathered}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Weathering}.]
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     1. To expose to the air; to air; to season by exposure to
        air.
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              [An eagle] soaring through his wide empire of the
              air
              To weather his broad sails.           --Spenser.
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              This gear lacks weathering.           --Latimer.
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     2. Hence, to sustain the trying effect of; to bear up against
        and overcome; to sustain; to endure; to resist; as, to
        weather the storm.
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              For I can weather the roughest gale.  --Longfellow.
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              You will weather the difficulties yet. --F. W.
                                                    Robertson.
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     3. (Naut.) To sail or pass to the windward of; as, to weather
        a cape; to weather another ship.
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     4. (Falconry) To place (a hawk) unhooded in the open air.
        --Encyc. Brit.
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     {To weather a point}.
        (a) (Naut.) To pass a point of land, leaving it on the lee
            side.
        (b) Hence, to gain or accomplish anything against
            opposition.
  
     {To weather out}, to encounter successfully, though with
        difficulty; as, to weather out a storm.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Weathering \Weath"er*ing\, n. (Geol.)
     The action of the elements on a rock in altering its color,
     texture, or composition, or in rounding off its edges.
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